Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.14% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which rose 4.78% or 269.00 points to trade at 5895.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) added 3.27% or 80.0 points to end at 2529.0 and Provident Financial (LON:PFG) was up 2.77% or 18.09 points to 671.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which fell 6.25% or 60.80 points to trade at 911.80 at the close. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 3.75% or 127.00 points to end at 3259.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was down 3.53% or 131.00 points to 3584.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1388 to 548 and 135 ended unchanged.
Shares in Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) fell to 3-years lows; losing 6.25% or 60.80 to 911.80.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.30% or 3.90 to $1325.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.10% or 0.72 to hit $64.45 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.45 to trade at $69.02 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.31% to 1.4097, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8721.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 89.54.